Butte Falls also received 14 kills, seven digs and two blocks from senior outside Tamika Funk.

ADIDAS CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC — At Portland, Phoenix sophomore Nevina De Luca ran a 5-kilometer lifetime best in the prestigious meet at Fern Hill Park that had 77 teams from five different states competing.

De Luca finished fourth in the girls invitational division with a time of 19:08.

Alisha Luna, the defending Class 4A state champion from Klamath Union, won the girls invitational race.

ROCK N RIVER INVITE — At Pleasant Hill, the Ashland girls captured the team title in the 15-school Bristow Rock n River Invitational at Elijah Bristow State Park.

Senior Madeline Chaves led the charge, taking third place out of 97 runners with a time of 20 minutes, 38 seconds in the 5,000-meter race. Megan Ganim was fourth (20:50), Kia Parrish-Haim fifth (20:58), Sara Dunagan eighth (21:20) and Quinn Blackwolf 10th (21:28).

Christine Impara secured 19th (22:01) and Emma Parker 22nd (22:04).

The Grizzlies finished with a meet-best 30 points, followed by Crescent Valley in second (86) and Central Catholic in third (124).

On the boys side, Lars Ferguson-Rockwell captured 23rd (18:25) and Kelly Honsinger 24th (18:26) for Ashland, which placed fifth out of 14 schools.

SOUTH UMPQUA INVITATIONAL — At Myrtle Creek, Illinois Valley junior Samantha Milner took first place in the seven-team South Umpqua Invitational with a time of 22 minutes, 28 seconds.

Edilet Rodriguez was second (23:57), Taylor Byrne third (24:50) and Taysha Hodge fifth (27:25) for the Cougars.

ASHLAND BOYS, GIRLS SPLIT — At Ashland, the Ashland girls and boys water polo teams each beat Sheldon and lost to West Albany at the Southern Oregon University pool.

Sadie Kasiah had nine goals, five assists and four steals in the Grizzlies' 18-17 win over Sheldon. Emma Frantz recorded four goals and two assists, Sabrina Scoggin three goals, three assists and three steals and Lili Wurfl five blocks.

In Ashland's 15-2 loss to West Albany, Kasiah and Maddy Longshore both had two goals and Wurfl four blocks.

On the boys side, Hoku Eggersten registered four goals and two assists in the Grizzlies' 11-9 win over Sheldon. Jericho Walker-Roberts turned in two goals, two steals and one assist, Tristan Gavin two goals and one steal, Cole Harding two goals, one assist and one steal and Miles Furuichi 12 saves.

In Ashland's 9-6 loss to West Albany, Harding had three goals, Lewy Kurach two goals and Furuichi 11 blocks.

MEDFORD BOYS, GIRLS LOSE — At Ashland, West Albany defeated the Medford boys 17-8 and the Bulldogs handed the Medford girls a 10-1 loss at the SOU pool.

In boys, Reid Gibson scored seven goals for Medford and goalkeeper Walker Drew recorded three saves.